User:EdwardNWM/On VassarWiki's Future: Difference between revisions

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I want to begin this open letter by thanking all of you who have contributed to VassarWiki so far! I know it's not a small request to ask you to dedicate your time amidst the busiest time of the year. At the end of the day, the project doesn't exist without you.

I feel a responsibility to make my thoughts about the future of this project transparent, hence writing this open letter. I believe this next time period is really critical for the success of this project. So I would really appreciate your help!

[[File:Innovation Adoption Curve.svg|thumb|We're crossing the chasm!]]

I think '''our main goal at this point should be to achieve greater adoption''', which means getting both more contributors and more readers. Using the language of the [[wikipedia:Technology_adoption_life_cycle|technology adoption lifecycle]], we are very much in the first stage of "innovators". Our challenge is to cross the "chasm" to get early adopters. This can only come by:

I think '''our main goal at this point should be to achieve greater adoption''', which means getting both more contributors and more readers. Using the language of the [[wikipedia:Technology_adoption_life_cycle|technology adoption lifecycle]], we are very much in the first stage of "innovators". Our challenge is to cross the "chasm" to get early adopters. <section end="feature" />This can only come by:

== 1. Making VassarWiki truly valuable ==

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 I want to begin this open letter by thanking all of you who have contributed to VassarWiki so far! I know it's not a small request to ask you to dedicate your time amidst the busiest time of the year. At the end of the day, the project doesn't exist without you.
 I feel a responsibility to make my thoughts about the future of this project transparent, hence writing this open letter. I believe this next time period is really critical for the success of this project. So I would really appreciate your help!
 [[File:Innovation Adoption Curve.svg|thumb|We're crossing the chasm!]]
-I think '''our main goal at this point should be to achieve greater adoption''', which means getting both more contributors and more readers. Using the language of the [[wikipedia:Technology_adoption_life_cycle|technology adoption lifecycle]], we are very much in the first stage of "innovators". Our challenge is to cross the "chasm" to get early adopters. This can only come by:
+I think '''our main goal at this point should be to achieve greater adoption''', which means getting both more contributors and more readers. Using the language of the [[wikipedia:Technology_adoption_life_cycle|technology adoption lifecycle]], we are very much in the first stage of "innovators". Our challenge is to cross the "chasm" to get early adopters. <section end="feature" />This can only come by:
 == 1. Making VassarWiki truly valuable ==